Hasp.



J. N. EDELIN.

-HASP.

APPLICATION znnn SEPT 25, 1012,

1,062,23Q; Patented May 20, 1913.

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UNITED s'rA'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES NOBLE EDELIN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SAFETYHASP MANUFACTURING C0. INC., 01! LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORA-TION. OF CALIFORNIA HASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1913.

Application fled September 25,1912. Serial No. 722,829.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES NOBLE EDISLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasps; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactdescription ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

. This invention relates to improvements in hasps, and has for itsobject to provide a hasp involving a staple receiving opening and a lugextending into said opening to engage the staple when the hasp is movedlaterally, with a spring finger serving as a latch for the hasp, soapplied as to pass through the staple receiving opening and to beheldand guided by the walls thereof, to the end that the construction of theapparatus is rendered much simpler and the parts, more particularly thespring finger, are prevented from being deranged or displaced.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a haspinvolving the invention shown in operative position. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal 'section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hasp adaptedtoreceive a standard seal. 4

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of the hasp,which isprefer 1y formed of a flat piece of metal hav at one end the ordinarystaple opening by which the hasp is secured to the door, or to the walladjacent the door, by means of staple 2. The forward end of the hasp isprovided with a generally rectangular opening 3. The opposite walls ofthe opening 3 are provided with reentrant lugs 5, 5, spaced apart asufficient distance to permit the staple 6 to wass between them, one orthe other of sai lugs 5 projecting through the staple 6 when the hasp isin looking position, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. The pur poseof providing two lugs 5, 5, is to admit of the staple being employedeither on left-hand or righthand doors, so that when the hasp is slippedover the locking staple, it will drop by gravity to cause the upper lugto engage the staple.

In order to hold the hasp in locking rela tion with the staple 6 and toadmit of the same being quickly cast loose, there is proforward end isprovided with a bent eyelike member 9 which serves as a finger piece orhandle for. lifting the spring finger.

The operation of the device is as 'follows :-The hasp is engaged withthe locking staple 6 by passing the staple through the opening 3 in thehasp between the lugs 5 and against-the tension of spring finger 7 untilthe upper lug 5 snaps into place in the staple opening at which time thespring finger moves into position below the staple and between theopposing faces of lugs 5. To release the hasp the spring finger isgrasped by hand-piece 9 and lifted until it clears the upper edge of thesta 1e, after which the 7 asp is moved upwar ly to free engaging mittedto return to its normal position.

The particular advantages of the form and mode f az' plying the springfinger to the hasp are that it admits of the said springfinger beingmade from ordinary flat spring steel of just sufficient width to Workeasily between the walls of the slot 4 and the adjacent edges of thefingers 5, that the said spring finger may be firmly secured to theunder side of the hasp by means of a single rivet and is held accuratelyin position, without the least danger of displacement, by the walls ofthe slot 4, and that the normal deformation of the spring finger due toits change of direction in assing through the opening 3 in slot 4 is sucientto maintain a. uniform tension on the spring without bending orpermanently deforming the same.

The hasp is admirably adapted to use in connection with an ordinarstandard wire seal such as is employed on lreight cars and the like, andto this end, it may be cOnstructed as illustrated in Fig. 3 with anextra staple 1.0 secured to the upper face of the has-p, either adjacentto the slot 4 or bridging the same, said staple 1O cooperating withlocking staple 6 toreceive the wire loop 11 of the standard type ofseal.

It has been proposed heretofore to con hasp, and even under essary touse struct latches of this general character with a spring finger orlatch which is sec'ured to the upper face of this hasp, and is providedwith an offset or bent portion near its forward end to drop into thestaple receiving opening adjacent to the lug or lugs which project intosaid opening and through the staple, but such a construction has beenfound to be objectionable in that the spring must be fastened by atleast two rivets to the such conditions, it is liable to be easilybroken or bent to such an extent as to render it inoperative. Furthermore, the offsetting of the portion of the iatch or spring finger toenable the sametc enter the staple receiving opening makes it necessaryto form the spring latch from untempered steel and temper the same afterthe forming operation. According to the present construction, however,it is only nee a single rivet to secure the spring linger to the underside of the latch for the reason it cannot be displaced laterallybecause ofits engagement with the all times so that side walls of theslot 4 at it is-practically impossible to break or distort the finger.Furthermore, because ofjhe fact that the spring finger is flat andundeformed throughout its length, it may be made directly from temperedspring steel Without further manipulation.

What I claim is A hasp having a staple ing, a lug extending into saidopening to engage the staple, and a spring finger secured at one end tothe under face of the hasp and passing through said staple receivingopening adjacent the lug.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presenceof two witnesses.JAMES NOBLE .EDELIN. Witnesses v ELMER I. MOODY,-

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